New Jersey police officer accused of strangling, threatening to kill girlfriend
A Trenton police officer has been charged with three counts of domestic violence strangulation and two counts of threat to kill, among other charges, following an incident in Lawrence Township.
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Aug 17, 2022, 12:17 PM
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16h agoA Trenton police officer has been charged with
three counts of domestic violence strangulation and two counts of threat to
kill, among other charges, following an incident in Lawrence Township.
Lawrence
Township police became aware of a domestic violence incident Aug. 4, which was
originally reported to Princeton police but discovered to have happened in
Lawrence Township.
According
to police, through the investigation, it was determined on several occasions
starting in March 2022, the victim reported she was assaulted by her boyfriend
at their residence.
Police
later determined the boyfriend was a City of Trenton
police officer, identified as Elijah Mitchell, 28, of
Lawrenceville.
Mitchell
was taken into custody Aug 12 without incident.
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